Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[7 Biddies]

I am always shocked at the # of people that will argue and tell you that you must have a rooster to gets eggs or the people that just don't realize that fact. I have even talked to doctors that weren't aware of that fact and even some people that were around chickens.

Somewhere on this board you'll see a post where I said that my usual response to those who say you have to have a rooster to get eggs is, "Shhhh. Don't tell my hens or they may get ideas and refuse to lay. So, it'll just be our secret, ok?" I always love the looks on their faces. <darn fools>

 

[Chickadee42]

Somewhere on this board you'll see a post where I said that my usual response to those who say you have to have a rooster to get eggs is, "Shhhh. Don't tell my hens or they may get ideas and refuse to lay. So, it'll just be our secret, ok?" I always love the looks on their faces.

It is fun to make up ridiculous lies and tell them to unsuspecting strangers, ( I am guilty of doing so myself! ) but all it really does is spread the ridiculous ideas that eventually end up here on backyard chickens. I think I can pretty safely say that half the dumb things on backyard chickens were spread by chicken people having some fun with gullible city people.

 

[Chickadee42]

This isn't

related but it drives me insane:
"Uncrustables" when my parents told me about it I thought they were lying. I just couldn't believe that people buy this! It's packaged pb&j!!! And it's FROZEN!!! Are human beings incapable of spreading peanut butter and jelly on two pieces of bread and slapping it together?!?!? Ooooh and then you have to use a knife to cut the crust off oh the horror! It's impossible!!! Quick, give something packaged, frozen, and filled with who knows what before I hurt myself on the pointy butter knife!!
I lost my faith in humanity a long time ago....

 

[jenifry]

This isn't

related but it drives me insane:
"Uncrustables"

when my parents told me about it I thought they were lying. I just couldn't believe that people buy this! It's packaged pb&j!!! And it's FROZEN!!! Are human beings incapable of spreading peanut butter and jelly on two pieces of bread and slapping it together?!?!? Ooooh and then you have to use a knife to cut the crust off oh the horror! It's impossible!!

! Quick, give something packaged, frozen, and filled with who knows what before I hurt myself on the pointy butter knife!!
I lost my faith in humanity a long time ago....

At least I'm not the only one!!

 

[ronott1]

This isn't

related but it drives me insane:
"Uncrustables"

when my parents told me about it I thought they were lying. I just couldn't believe that people buy this! It's packaged pb&j!!! And it's FROZEN!!! Are human beings incapable of spreading peanut butter and jelly on two pieces of bread and slapping it together?!?!? Ooooh and then you have to use a knife to cut the crust off oh the horror! It's impossible!!

! Quick, give something packaged, frozen, and filled with who knows what before I hurt myself on the pointy butter knife!!
I lost my faith in humanity a long time ago....

They were on a list of the worst foods you can buy from a Store too.

Do not give them to your children.

 

[Gertrude McFuzz]

Oh. My. Gosh. This thread is ingenious!

Before I got my chickens, the next-door neighbor called:

"Is that pink tape where the coop will be?"

"Yes."

"I don't want to look at that."

This person's garage has two missing panels. She also has three small children and plastic toys all over the front lawn.

Yeah… And the lovely Amish-built coop is in the very back of the backyard. Oh, well.

 

[lazy gardener]

I'd have to bite my tongue over that one... It would be so easy to blurt out, "Then, why don't you close your eyes!"

 

[7 Biddies]

It is fun to make up ridiculous lies and tell them to unsuspecting strangers, ( I am guilty of doing so myself!

) but all it really does is spread the ridiculous ideas that eventually end up here on backyard chickens. I think I can pretty safely say that half the dumb things on backyard chickens were spread by chicken people having some fun with gullible city people.

Although I agree that may be the case in some instances, I think my fun little statement clearly implies that my girls are laying without a fella around ... especially since the conversation typically starts when I'm asked about my roosters which prompts me to say, "I don't have any roosters, just hens". And, then, the fun begins.

Believe me, I leave no room for misunderstanding; it would ruin the fun. I've had lots of practice pulling people's legs over the last 68 years, and have got it down pretty pat by now ... besides, who am I to tell people they're wrong? (Apparently, that's their job) I let them think they're right, but we're in cahoots together by keeping it a secret from my girls. It adds to the entertainment factor that way.

 

[7 Biddies]

Oh. My. Gosh. This thread is ingenious!

Before I got my chickens, the next-door neighbor called:

"Is that pink tape where the coop will be?"

"Yes."

"I don't want to look at that."

This person's garage has two missing panels. She also has three small children and plastic toys all over the front lawn.

Yeah… And the lovely Amish-built coop is in the very back of the backyard. Oh, well.

Please tell me you built it anyway. Fortunately, her approval isn't a requirement..

 

[7 Biddies]

This isn't

related but it drives me insane:
"Uncrustables"

when my parents told me about it I thought they were lying. I just couldn't believe that people buy this! It's packaged pb&j!!! And it's FROZEN!!! Are human beings incapable of spreading peanut butter and jelly on two pieces of bread and slapping it together?!?!? Ooooh and then you have to use a knife to cut the crust off oh the horror! It's impossible!!

! Quick, give something packaged, frozen, and filled with who knows what before I hurt myself on the pointy butter knife!!
I lost my faith in humanity a long time ago....

The first time I heard about those, I thought I was hallucinating.